Thomas Griffith quotes:

Journalism constructs momentarily arrested equilibriums and gives disorder an implied order. That is already two steps from reality.

Journalism as theater is what TV news is.

The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty.

He loved them and cared for them, and you don't kill kids that you love and care for.

Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often they operate a snack bar and expect you to be grateful that at least they got the food to the table warm

I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun came up in the east.